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Filling Empty Beds: Strategies for Senior Care Communities
Maintaining high occupancy rates is a challenge for many senior care communities, from independent living and assisted living to skilled nursing facilities. With changing demographics, increased competition, and evolving resident expectations, providers must be...
Creating a Magical Holiday Season: A Guide for Management
The holiday season presents a unique opportunity for management teams to foster joy, connection, and a sense of belonging for healthcare workers and facility staff. While managing a facility often comes with challenges, focusing on small yet impactful strategies can...
Voices with Brian Deeley
Skilled Nursing News: It may be an understatement, but today’s environment is challenging for SNFs. Why should managed care be a strategic priority? Brian Deeley: We are all aware of the financial and operational challenges of Medicare Advantage (MA) versus...
Lawmakers pushing CMS to ease Medicare Advantage prior authorizations
Close to 300 members of Congress are urging federal regulators to do more to reduce burdensome Medicare Advantage requirements that can slow the delivery of care to nursing homes and other patients. The 61 senators and 233 Representatives signed a letter to the...
What Are We Doing to Help Caregivers Feel Valued?
Caregivers are the backbone and most vital element in short-term and long-term care facilities. Hiring and maintaining compassionate, competent, and well-trained staff is imperative in each skilled nursing, assisted living, and rehabilitation center or facility....
COVID-19 MCO and Private Insurance Process Updates
As of January 31, 2022, this version of MNS’ “COVID-19 MCO and Private Insurance Process Updates” includes new information from Aetna, Anthem, Humana (AR, DE, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, NC, OH, OK & VA), and Medical Mutual of Ohio. As always, we want to offer our...
Increasing Occupancy in the Wake of the Pandemic
As the COVID-19 vaccine is more widely available, there has been a “nearly 99 percent decline in new COVID-19 cases among nursing home residents.” Seniors and healthcare workers were among the first groups to get vaccinated, and because of this, the clinical crisis is...
EFT Enrollment
There is still time to sign up for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) so your facility can receive daily reimbursement. There are two ways to sign up: Go to the Provider Services tab on this website and click on the Provider Portal button to access the Provider Portal....
Hospital Discharge Planners
MNS provides a special service to help you place your patients in a quality and suitabe skilled nursing facility. For a list of credentialed providers in MNS’ skilled nursing facility network, as well as the insurance contracts in which each credentialed provider...
Provider Portal Updates
Providers are encouraged to check out the exciting enhancements to MNS’ state-of-the-art web-based Provider Portal. New features include online claim inquiry dialog with MNS and payor representatives; automatic notification when a case requires documentation, a note...
